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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Desiderio have a sexual encounter in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) The Mayor.
(b) Mary Anne.
(c) Angelina.
(d) The Mayor's housekeeper.

2. What had Desiderio always felt ashamed of?
(a) His manliness.
(b) His appearance.
(c) His poverty.
(d) His heritage.

3. What did the customers before Desiderio pay with to enter the peep show in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) Trash.
(b) Quarters.
(c) Dollar bills.
(d) Coupons.

4. In Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire, Desiderio finds a collection of pictures, slides, and wax figures that represent different what?
(a) Sexual desires.
(b) Holy acts.
(c) Religions.
(d) Occupations.

5. How does Desiderio escape in the end of Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?
(a) The bathroom window.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The chimney.
(d) The back door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Desiderio recovering from in Chapter 3, The River People?

2. Which among the females in the circus did Desiderio befriend in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

3. What do the acrobats appear to juggle in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

4. How is the village described where the circus comes at the end of their season in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

5. How many acrobats join the carnival in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Desiderio find floating in the river in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? What discovery does this lead to?

2. What does Desiderio learn from the peep show proprietor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

3. What does Desiderio learn of Mendoza in Chapter 4, The Acrobats of Desire?

4. What realization does Desiderio reach in the end of Chapter 3, The River People? How does he escape?

5. Who does Desiderio go to for advice regarding his engagement in Chapter 3, The River People? What happens?

6. Where does Desiderio go after talking with the Professor in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? Why? Where does he stay?

7. How does Desiderio escape in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight? From where does he escape?

8. What does the Minister do in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege to fight the machines?

9. Who sends an Ambassador in Chapter 1, The City Under Siege? What is Desiderio's reaction?

10. What "hallucination" does Desiderio experience in Chapter 2, The Mansion of Midnight?

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